Hearing the Siren's Song

Sarah was never the type to go to bars, or any social places that weren't restaurants. It wasn't her scene, but she had promised her young friend, Anna that she'd drop by to see her perform. It had been a while honestly, and she didn't want to lose touch with someone who she befriended in ways that didn't involve work.

And in addition, Sarah brought along Belladonna to get her more acquainted with crowds. It was a useful opportunity. Sarah had told the android a lot about Anna, at least what she knew, and she wanted to test if she was capable of carrying on conversations with her. If Anna was able to stay with them for a bit at least.

Sarah's first impression of the establishment was that it was beautifully made, and appropriately-themed, given its location and the name. She saw that tables were mostly taken, but she had found a few suitable spots. The one she chose however was a little bit to the back which currently had the least amount of illumination. Given that she was weaing a dark trench coat and some gloves to hide her metallic appendages, she looked a little shifty, especially with Belladonna who looked like she could be working in a place like this for her innocent looks alone.

While waiting for Anna to come on stage, Sarah ordered some drinks and some snacks for Belladonna and herself. While the former didn't need to eat, she was given the sense of taste. It might be weird, but Sarah wanted to see if she would develop any preferences for food. The potential was there, but she wanted to see it in action as well.


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While waiting for Anna to come on stage, Sarah had been glancing at the other patrons. Not because she was suspicious or attempting to profile them as people who might be a danger, but because they looked so exotic to her. At the moment, it seemed she was seeing a lot more aquatic citizens here, which made sense considering the theming and location of this club. A lot of them were actually mesmerizing.

Before long, Anna came onto the stage with a beautiful dress. It didn't seem as she saw them in the back, but that might be for the best, Sarah didn't want to distract her while performing. Both Sarah and Belladonna were sitting in silence as Anna sang. Belladonna was recording everything in her memory much like how humans did so, but with superior fidelity. Sarah simply enjoyed the tune. Anna was talented with her voice and her hands. She wondered if those talents were from her heritage, or she had taken classes for them. Either way, Sarah was enjoying herself.

The two enjoyed every bit of the girl's performance. Sarah was captivated by Anna's voice in ways that were only reserved for the songs her dad used to play around the house. It was a fondness that she rarely gave to anything.

Sarah joined in on the applause as Anna took her bow, and to be honest, she was already missing hearing her singing. Once the applause died down, Sarah sat back with a sigh and a sip of her drink. Amusingly, Belladonna mirrored her actions.

When she saw Anna come out, Sarah stood up and openly hugged her, although not too tightly. She didn't want to ruin the dress, and she wasn't quite sure of how well Anna's body had been since the crash. "I wish I could have seen you sooner. You were exceptional."

Being greeted next, Belladonna smiled. "It is a pleasure to meet you, Anna. I am Belladonna. Mama wanted me to meet you."

Oh, this was going to take some explaining, wasn't it. "Come, let's sit down," Sarah said, gently leading the singer to their seats.

As Belladonna nodded at Anna's reaction, Sarah scratched the back of her neck and chuckled a little. Chuckling, now that was something she had been doing frequently. "In a way," she said, as if not knowing how to answer. "Well I did make her, and perhaps in a way 'birthed' her, but she isn't my biological daughter." She said the latter part on a lower volume, mostly to keep anyone outside the three of them from hearing.

"Belladonna is an android that I gave an AI that is capable of human-level capabilities. Thoughts, emotions, morality, all that." She left out the part about the AI she was adapted from was used as a combat AI, because this will simply make things even harder to explain. After all, as Belladonna was watching ice slowly melt inside the glass she had, she hardly looked combat-capable, or threatening at the very least.

"I thought I'd let her see someone perform and see how she enjoyed it."

While the two were talking, Belladonna was looking around at all the different kinds of patrons in the club. Most of them looked human, but some had some defining characteristics that said otherwise. This interested her, not unlike a child inside a toy store.

Sarah was surprised at how much Anna had gone through since her time at the hospital, and it got the scientist curious. Wings? That was something she didn't know sirens had. Usually the stories would paint them as merfolk with exceptional singing talents that bends the minds of those who hears it.

"I'm happy for you, Anna. I do hope this June is treating you fairly."